How Long Will It Run

How long will an ALLPOWERS R600 run incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs)?

About an hour — 1 h 1 min typically, from 58 min in the worst case to 1 h 5 min at best. That assumes incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs) pulling 204 W continuously, plus the station's 9 W AC mains socket overhead — 213 W in total out of 217 usable watt-hours.

The old bulbs draw about six times what LEDs do for the same tree, and run hot.

The numbers

ALLPOWERS R600 · 299 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs), UK 230 V213 W58 min1 h 1 min1 h 5 min
2 × incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs), UK 230 V417 W29 min31 min33 min
1 × incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs), US 120 V213 W58 min1 h 1 min1 h 5 min
  • 0.1 nights of eight hours, or 0.04 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 217 Wh of the 299 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 7,034 Wh of rated capacity — 23.5× this station.
  • Start-up: the incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs) asks for 204 W at switch-on against this station's 1,200 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old56 min-8%
The pack is five years old49 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside52 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve1 h 8 min+11%
You keep 20% back55 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

These run incandescent Christmas tree lights (500 bulbs) for at least twice as long as the ALLPOWERS R600 does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Jackery Explorer 1000 v21,0703 h 38 min£419 / $549
UGREEN PowerRoam 6006802 h 19 min£449 / $499
Bluetti EB70S7162 h 26 min£449 / $429
Bluetti AC707682 h 37 min£449 / $359

The cheapest step up: Jackery Explorer 1000 v2

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Goal Zero Yeti 3002971 h 1 min6.2 kg— / $350
Bluetti Elite 30 V22881 h4.3 kg£229 / $449
Jackery Explorer 300 Plus28859 min3.8 kg£319 / $300
Anker SOLIX C30028859 min4.4 kg£229 / $249